Packing for journals, &amp;c.



No. 631,502. I Patented Aug. 22, 1899. mm. HAGY.

PACKING FUR JOURNALS,

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UNITED STATES- PATENT, @FFICE.

JOHN MILTON HAGY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PACKING FOR JOURNAl- S, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forining part of Letters iatent No. 631 ,502, dated August 22, 1899.

Application filed February 27, 1899. Serial No. 7063933. (N'o model.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MILTON HAGY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Packing for Journals, &c., which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a packing for a j on rnal, axle, shaft, &c., formed of a body which is primarily spherical and composed of a core and a jacket or cover wound thereon, producin g a wad or ball of pliable and elastic nature, the same readily absorbing oil or lubricant, with which it is saturated, and efiectively applying the same to the journal, &c., it being also easily located in the box or bearing with out regard to which part may be top, bottom, or side and uniformly seating itself, and possesses other advantages, as will be hereinafter set forth.

It also consists of means for supplying the core of the wad orball with oil or lubricant independent of that furnished by saturation or absorption, especially when the supply of such oil or lubricant is low.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a packing embodying my invention. Fig. 2 representsa diametrical section thereof. Fig. 3 represents a front view of the packing in operative position. Fig. 4 represents a side view thereof on a reduced scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a packing composed of the jacket B and core 0, the latter being what is generally known as waste and the former consisting of yarn wound on the core and secured in any suitable manner, producing a wad preferably of the form of a ball, the same being pliable and elastic in its nature and one that will not disintegrate or become undone.

It will be seen that the packing may be conveniently placed in position in the box, it requiring no special skill therefor, and it readily accommodates itself to the contour of said box and the journal, and when the latter is in operation the packing presses uniformly against the same, but with a light touch,avoiding severe or rapid wearing away of the same.

predetermined amount of packing may Hence its durability is greater and there is a saving in oil or lubricant. It will not disintegrate and allow loose particles to pass under the brasses or work out of the box, and a be used, as the size of wads or balls will regulate the same. For ordinary purposes four wads or balls are sufficient for a journal, 850., two in front and two in rear, and they regularly fill the space they occupy and are uniform in their action on the journal.

In order to supply the core with oil or lubricant, especially when the same is low or limited, there are passed through the wad or ball the pieces D of yarn whose ends E are outside of the same or exposed, acting as wicking, so as to take up the oil or lubricant and by capillarity feed it to the core, as well as to the journal, where said ends contact, thus increasingthe extent of lubrication due to the different sources afiorded.

In order to prevent the pieces D from being torn out or removed from the body of the wad or ball, the portions of the ends of the same near the surface of the wad or ball are knotted orotherwise enlarged, forming stops F,whereby saidpieces are connected with the wad or ball in a manner sufliciently secure for all practical purposes.

It will be also seen that wads or balls constructed in accordance with my invention may be conveniently handled and transported and as readily applied to their places of service, their spherical shape being most favorable to the same.

There is also economy in the use of the packing owing to its elastic nature, due in the main to the expansible action of the core assisted by similar conditions of the jacket or encasement. Besides this, as the wads or balls are made of approximately proper sizes or dimensions, overpacking or underpacking, which occasions hot boxes and accidents, is prevented.

In the use of the terms waste and yarn I include. all material, fibrous or otherwise, possessing good capillarity and elasticity or expansibility.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A,

1. A packing consisting of a pliable body ends exposed outside of said body and stops on said piece near said ends for controlling the position of the piece Within the body.

4. A packing for the purpose stated, consisting of a Wad of absorptive material, and a piece as yarn in said wad with its ends exposed on its surface of the wad, the end portions of said piece having knots thereon for securing purposes. I I

JOHN MILTON IIAGY.

Vitnesses:

JoHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS. 

